Introduction to MS Excel

• Understand the fundamental features, tools, and functionalities of Excel, covering topics from the user interface to basic formatting and data manipulation techniques.
• Develop proficiency in organizing, analyzing, and presenting data using Excel, including tasks such as creating tables, applying filters, generating charts, and utilizing formulas and functions effectively.
• Explore advanced features and capabilities of Excel, such as working with formulas and functions, data analysis tools, page layout customization, collaboration features, and automation through macros.
• Understand the fundamentals of utilizing Microsoft Excel for diverse business applications.
• Gain proficiency in creating and customizing various business documents such as interview score sheets, staff attendance sheets, profit and loss statements, and more using Excel.
• Develop the skills necessary to enhance and optimize business processes through Excel-based solutions.
• Master the fundamental and advanced features of Microsoft Excel necessary for creating various office productivity tools such as interview score sheets, attendance sheets, profit and loss statements, and more.
• Gain comprehensive knowledge about different types of business documentation including interview score sheets, staff attendance sheets, profit and loss statements, goods delivery notes, salary slips, customer relationship management sheets, company quotations, and project status sheets.
• Leverage Microsoft Excel as a tool for creating, managing, and analyzing essential business documents, thereby improving workplace productivity and efficiency.

• Demonstrate proficiency in navigating the Excel interface, utilizing basic formatting tools, and managing data effectively, enabling them to create and modify spreadsheets efficiently.
• Employ various data manipulation techniques, including sorting, filtering, and summarizing data, as well as creating insightful visual representations through charts and graphs, facilitating data-driven decision-making processes.
• Acquire advanced Excel skills, including the ability to utilize complex formulas and functions, implement data analysis tools, customize page layouts, collaborate with others, and automate tasks using macros, empowering them to tackle complex spreadsheet tasks with confidence.
• Create and customize a range of business documents including interview score sheets, staff attendance sheets, profit and loss statements, and more using Microsoft Excel.
• Leverage Excel functionalities to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of business processes.
• Analyze business data, generate insights, and make informed decisions through the practical application of Excel tools and techniques.
• Demonstrate proficiency in using Microsoft Excel for creating various office productivity tools such as interview score sheets, attendance sheets, profit and loss statements, goods delivery notes, salary slips, customer relationship management sheets, company quotations, and project status sheets.
• Create, customize, and utilize a wide range of business documents tailored to specific organizational needs, enhancing their ability to contribute effectively in diverse workplace environments.
• Apply their knowledge of Microsoft Excel and business documentation concepts to streamline processes, improve data management, and support decision-making within their respective roles and industries.
• Table of content

The academic approach of the courses focuses on the “work-centric” education i.e. begin with work (and not from a book!), derive knowledge from work and apply that knowledge to make the work more wholesome, useful and delightful. The ultimate objective is to empower the Learner to engage in socially useful and productive work. It aims at leading the learner to his/her rewarding career as an employee or entrepreneur as well as development of the community to which s/he belongs. Learning methodology:

• Step -1: Learners are given an overview of the course and its connection to life and work.
• Step -2: Learners are exposed to the specific tool(s) used in the course through the various real-life applications of the tool(s).
• Step -3: Learners are acquainted with the careers and the hierarchy of roles they can perform at workplaces after attaining increasing levels of mastery over the tool(s).
• Step -4: Learners are acquainted with the architecture of the tool or tool map so as to appreciate various parts of the tool, their functions, utility and inter-relations.
• Step -5: Learners are exposed to simple application development methodology by using the tool at the beginner’s level.
• Step -6: Learners perform the differential skills related to the use of the tool to improve the given ready-made industry-standard outputs.
• Step -7: Learners are engaged in appreciation of real-life case studies developed by the experts.
• Step -8: Learners are encouraged to proceed from appreciation to imitation of the experts.
• Step -9: After the imitation experience, they are required to improve the expert’s outputs so that they proceed from mere imitation to emulation.
• Step-10: Emulation is taken a level further from working with differential skills towards the visualization and creation of a complete output according to the requirements provided. (Long Assignments)
• Step-11: Understanding the requirements, communicating one’s own thoughts and presenting are important skills required in facing an interview for securing a work order/job. For instilling these skills, learners are presented with various subject-specific technical as well as HR-oriented questions and encouraged to answer them.
• Step-12: Finally, they develop the integral skills involving optimal methods and best practices to produce useful outputs right from scratch, publish them in their ePortfolio and thereby proceed from emulation to self-expression, from self-expression to self-confidence and from self-confidence to self-reliance and self-esteem!

Evaluation Pattern of KLiC Courses consists of 4 Sections as per below table:

YCMOU Mark Sheet

Printed Mark Sheet will be issued by YCMOU on successful completion of Section 1, Section 2 and Section 3 and will be delivered to the learner by MKCL.
YCMOU Mark Sheet will be available only for Maharashtra jurisdiction learners

MKCL's KLiC Certificate

The certificate will be provided to the learner who will satisfy the below criteria:

1. Learners who have successfully completed above mentioned 3 Sections i.e. Section 1, Section 2 and Section 3
2. Additionally, learner should have completed Section 4 (i.e. Section 4 will comprise of SUPWs i.e. Socially Useful and Productive Work in form of Assignments)
   • Learner has to complete and upload minimum 2 out of 5 Assignments